Litwin
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Many Western commentators here don’t understand the nature of a Mongol empire. A Mongol empire can exist only as long as it expands. Do you remember what Khan Putin did first when he was handed the Mongol–Moscow throne by the dying, alcohol-soaked Khan Yeltsin? Looks like Trump knows the drill and is working on the complete decolonization of the Moscow–Mongol![]()
Double-headed eagle - Wikipedia
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The motif has predecessors in Bronze Age art, found in Mycenaean Greece, and in the Ancient Near East, especially in Mesopotamian and Hittite iconography. It re-appeared prominently during the High Middle Ages, being adopted by the Palaiologos dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. 11th or 12th century representations have also been found originating from Islamic Spain, France and the Serbian principality of Raška. From the 13th century onward, it became even more widespread, and was used by the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and the Mamluk Sultanate within the Islamic world,[1] and within the Christian world by the Holy Roman Empire, Serbia, Albania and Russia.